Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2022-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder heifers and steers. No trend has been several weeks from last feeder sale. Moderate to good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.16/cwt on 1,027 head.

Average price

$177.16

1,027 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.95

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	179.15	1,055	853
Medium and Large 1-2	515	167.37	862	174

One grade step is worth $11.78/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,027 hd

177.16

—

NE average10 barns · 12,149 hd

170.21

+6.95

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

26 lots · USDA AMS · Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,024	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,146	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	200.64/cwt	199.00–201.50	791	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	165.31/cwt	158.00–173.00	984	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	199.03/cwt	188.00–201.50	923	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	953	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,314	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	212.32/cwt	203.00–218.00	1,036	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,166	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	164.23/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,214	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,054	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	184.25/cwt	180.00–188.50	1,115	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	189.17/cwt	189.00–189.50	1,088	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	800	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	177.61/cwt	175.00–180.00	574	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	210.69/cwt	210.00–212.00	710	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,314	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	164.21/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,099	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	191.97/cwt	175.00–193.25	1,008	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	881	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	190.32/cwt	188.00–192.00	769	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	186.75/cwt	186.75–186.75	1,255	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	152.71/cwt	147.00–154.00	893	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	167.17/cwt	162.50–168.00	1,217	130

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, NE

Tue Feb 8, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,759Last week 1,475Year ago 0

Quality run of feeder heifers and steers. No trend has been several weeks from last feeder sale. Moderate to good demand on feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	617	166.00	166.00
36	—	759	151.00	151.00
37	—	394	199.00–201.50	200.64
85	—	595	158.00–173.00	165.31
111	—	464	188.00–201.50	199.03
164	—	669	162.00–166.00	164.21
270	—	525	175.00–193.25	191.97
130	—	728	162.50–168.00	167.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	655	145.50	145.50
12	—	516	155.00	155.00
15	—	323	175.00–180.00	177.61
68	—	491	179.50	179.50
12	—	404	188.00–192.00	190.32
50	—	585	147.00–154.00	152.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	751	175.00	175.00
146	—	488	203.00–218.00	212.32
35	—	739	155.00–170.00	164.23
11	—	514	205.00	205.00
20	—	605	180.00–188.50	184.25
30	—	575	189.00–189.50	189.17
14	—	337	210.00–212.00	210.69
15	—	853	154.00	154.00
74	—	672	186.75	186.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	558	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	668	162.00	162.00
6	—	437	206.00	206.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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